The Professional Development Seminar at the annual TCCTA convention will feature "Brain Research and the Community College," presented by Janet Zadina, a cognitive neuroscientist, reading specialist, and former high school and community college instructor. The presentation will be Friday, March 5, 2010, from 1:00-2:15pm, at the Westin Galleria Hotel in Houston. The event is sponsored by the TCCTA Professional Development Committee, chaired by David Lydic, Austin Community College.
Dr. Zadina received her doctorate in the College of Education at the University of New Orleans, conducting her award-winning dissertation research on the neuroanatomy of dyslexia through collaboration with Tulane University School of Medicine. She continued her postdoctoral education with a fellowship in cognitive neuroscience in the department of psychiatry and neurology at the Tulane University School of Medicine where she researched neuroanatomical risk factors for developmental language disorders through MRI brain scans.
She is currently engaged in neuroscience research as an assistant professor in cognitive neuroscience in the department of psychiatry and neurology at Tulane, and in Psychology at the University of South Florida. Dr. Zadina is the author of Six Weeks to a Brain-Compatible Classroom, a workbook for educators, among other books. She is the founder of the Web resource, Brain Research and Instruction, and has presented keynotes and workshops internationally on brain research and instruction. Here's the Web site.
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